How to Get a Food Coloring Stain Out of Upholstery

There's no need to panic if you accidentally drip food coloring on your upholstery -- but don't be lax about it, either. Food coloring dissolves more easily than other dyes, but the ease of removing it from fabric is dependent on whether you catch the stain while it's still wet. Once the dye dries into the fiber, removal will be much more of a challenge, especially since upholstery doesn't lend itself well to water saturation. That doesn't mean there's no hope for the dried food coloring stain on your couch, but it will take more work.

Sponge
Oxygen bleach
Bowl
Absorbent cloths
Alcohol
Cotton pads
Vacuum cleaner

Instructions

- 1
  Blot the food coloring with a wet sponge; immediately press a dry absorbent cloth over the wet spot. Repeat until most or all of the dye has been absorbed into the cloth. This may be all that's necessary if the food coloring stain is extremely fresh.
- 2
  Mix 1/8 cup oxygen bleach powder with 2 cups of hot tap water in a bowl. Stir with a spoon until the powder is dissolved. Dip a clean sponge into the oxygen bleach solution and blot any remaining stain, alternately soaking up the solution with a dry absorbent cloth until you've removed as much of the dye as possible.
- 3
  Blot the spot with a cotton pad soaked with isopropyl alcohol to remove any remaining food coloring, if necessary. Press a dry absorbent cloth other the spot firmly; fold and repeat until the spot is dry.
- 4
  Vacuum the spot once the area has air dried to remove any specks of oxygen bleach on the surface of the upholstery.

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